Chief Marketer Staff

• Agencies

  Banks Ups Merry to Executive VP

  Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc has promoted Gary Merry from senior vice president for operations to executive vice president. He will now will head the firm’s store and catalog operations

• Alloy Names Frehe Chief Financial Officer

  Alloy Inc. has promoted Joseph Frehe from senior vice president of finance to chief financial officer.

• Agencies

  Best Buy Goes Back to School With YouTube

  Consumer electronics giant Best Buy, along with YouTube, this week introduced the Tech U Out Video Challenge, a contest in which college students are encouraged to post videos to YouTube.

• Agencies

  Universal Offers DeLorean In ‘Back To The Future’ Sweeps

  Universal Studios is running a sweepstakes as a run-up to the final go-round for its “Back To The Future’ theme ride at Universal Studios Hollywood.

• Agencies

  Yahoo Touchdown Dance Contest Fuels Football Fantasies

  Yahoo Sports has launched an online touchdown contest to spark interest in its fantasy football products.

• Agencies

  Geek Squad Seeks Next Big Idea

  The Geek Squad, those customer service reps behind the counter at Best Buy, is challenging people to come up with the next big idea.

• Nickelodeon Promotes Rosenstein to Senior VP Resorts, Theatricals

  Nickelodeon has promoted Stuart Rosenstein to senior vice president, resorts and theatricals, Nickelodeon Recreation.

• News Briefs

  20th CENTURY FOX LICENSING AND MERCHANDISING: has appointed Amy Lorbati, former vice president of worldwide television promotions, as vice president of marketing partnerships and advertising strategy for Fox Mobile Entertainment, a division of Jamster

• Agencies

  Meet the Broker: Donna Mallinson

  Today we meet Donna Mallinson, president of List Counsellors Inc., a three-person company in Allentown, NJ, where she does the list brokerage work.

• Listline e-Newsletter 08/02/07

  Direct Media Inc. has been selected to manage a list of 108,969
  subscribers to the entertainment guide Time Out New York (TONY).
  Subscribers’ median age is 38 and median household income $103,000.